Im Ji-kyu explained

Im Ji-kyu (born March 7, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the indie films Who's That Knocking at My Door?,^[1] Milky Way Liberation Front, and Magic.^[2] Im also played supporting roles in the television romantic comedies Queen of Reversals and The Greatest Love.^[3]

Personal life

Im Ji-kyu married Park Ye-son, his girlfriend of four years, in a small private wedding in Seoul on May 17, 2014. He met his wife, a lawyer, at church.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Fingerprint		short film
2007	Who's That Knocking at My Door?	Min Je-hwi
	Milky Way Liberation Front	Young-jae
2008	In the Boutique		short film
	Scandal Makers	Park Sang-yoon
2009	Bubble Wrap	Sung-taek	short film
	One Step More to the Sea	Waiter
	White Night	Yak-tong
2010	Read My Lips	Church youth
	Magic	Myeong-jin
2011	Children...	Dong-chul
2012	Helpless	Stalker
	Spring, Snow	Young-jae
	The Peach Tree
2013	Precious Love	On-yoo
2017	A Day	Yong-sun
2021	Dark Yellow		short film[5]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2007	High Kick!	(guest, episode 99)	MBC
2008	Tazza	Sung-Chan	SBS
2009	Partner	Jung Jae-ho (guest, episodes 1-3)	KBS2
2010	Roller Coaster Plus Date Big Bang	Im Ji-kyu	tvN
	KBS Drama Special – "Cutting Off the Heart"[6]	Jae-woo	KBS2
	Queen of Reversals	Kang-Woo	MBC
2011	The Greatest Love	Kim Jae-seok	MBC
2012	Phantom	Byun Sang-woo	SBS
	KBS Drama Special – "Do You Know Taekwondo?"	Yoon Do-hyeon	KBS2
2013	The Suspicious Housekeeper	Eun Se-kyul's homeroom teacher	SBS
2014		Ryu Jin-woo	SBS
	Turning Point	Kim Young-bok	MBC
2015	Assembly	Shim Dong-chun	KBS2
	I'm After You	Secretary Min	SBS
2016	The Doctors	Gunman	SBS
	Still Loving You	Park Hyeong-sik	KBS1
2017	Man to Man	(guest)	JTBC
	Go Back	Park Hyeon-seok	KBS2
2018	Radio Romance	Lee Seung-soo
	Your House Helper	Oh Yoon-gi
	Fates & Furies	Assistant Kim	SBS
2019	Her Private Life	Kang Seung-min	tvN
	When the Devil Calls Your Name	Kyung-Soo
	I Wanna Hear Your Song	Yi-young's blind date (Cameo, Ep. 10)	KBS2
2020	18 Again	Ji Hoon's older brother (Cameo)	JTBC
2021	The Uncanny Counter	Dong-pal (Cameo, Ep.15)[7]	OCN
	Sell Your Haunted House	Kim Byeong-ho [8]	KBS2
2021–2022	The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won	King Woo[9]	KBS1
2023	Divorce Attorney Shin	Park Hyun-tae	JTBC

Web series

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2008		Best New Actor	Milky Way Liberation Front, Who's That Knocking at My Door?
2012		Best Actor in a One-Act Drama/Special	Do You Know Taekwondo?

External links

• • • Im Ji-kyu at Naver

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mudge. James. Who's That Knocking At My Door? (2007) Movie Review. Beyond Hollywood. 2013-04-03. 25 January 2009. 2012-11-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102235455/http://www.beyondhollywood.com/whos-that-knocking-at-my-door-2007-movie-review/. live.
2. Web site: Lee. Hyo-won. Ku's feature debut is more spoof than Magic. The Korea Times. 2013-04-03. 17 June 2010. 2014-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20141014150947/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/06/135_67811.html. live.
3. Web site: Actor Im Ji Gyu tweets photo of The Greatest Love cast at their after party. Allkpop. 2013-04-03. 27 June 2011. 2012-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121001075035/http://www.allkpop.com/2011/06/actor-im-ji-gyu-tweets-photo-of-the-greatest-love-cast-at-their-after-party. live.
4. Web site: Actor Im Ji Kyu to marry his girlfriend of four years. Allkpop. 2018-04-03. 2021-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210923031941/https://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/04/actor-im-ji-kyu-to-marry-his-girlfriend-of-four-years. live.
5. News: Lee Seung-mi. [공식]구혜선 연출작 '다크옐로우', 안서현 이어 임지규·연제환·윤혁진 합류]. Sports Chosun. Never. June 10, 2021. June 10, 2021. ko. June 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210610010859/https://entertain.naver.com/movie/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003740710. live.
6. Web site: 미리보기::드라마스페셜 . 2013-04-04 . 2012-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210104715/http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/thedrama/view/preview/preview18.html . live .
7. Web site: 임지규, '경이로운 소문' 특별출연…새로운 융인. Im Ji-kyu, surprise appearance on "The Uncanny Counter... new Yung person. Hyun-joo. Lee. January 22, 2021. Newsis. January 5, 2024. January 30, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130081711/https://newsis.com/view/?id=NISX20210122_0001314191. live.
8. News: 배우 임지규, '대박부동산' 특별 출연…유령 변신. Ahn Eun-jae. ko. April 22, 2021. May 12, 2021. Sports Seoul. Naver. May 12, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512134438/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=468&aid=0000762835. live.
9. Web site: 임지규, KBS '태종 이방원' 출연…고려 우왕 役. Hyun Jung-min. Lim Ji-gyu to appear in KBS' 'Taejong Lee Bang-won'... Goryeo King Woo. Sports Word. Naver. November 23, 2021. November 23, 2021. ko. November 23, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211123052205/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=396&aid=0000597795. live.